by Rowan | Mar 1, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Poetry Slam, Writing Help, YeahWrite
Big changes are in the air for yeah write. That’s why I want to get back to the basics this month. The basics of poetry, that is. It’s been almost two years since we first delved into blank verse for a poetry slam, and while I’d like to pretend all...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 28, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
this post is yet to be birthed In my last few fiction|poetry kickoff posts I’ve been giving away my secrets as a copyeditor. The copyeditor takes care of the superficial editing, such as typos, grammar issues, and punctuation issues, but my biggest task as a...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 26, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Little Voices Do you have a little voice inside your head? I do. The one I hear the most is the one that tends to give me a hard time, trying to instill doubt at every turn. What’s worse, I think, is that every time something...
by Rowan | Feb 24, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The last round of the super challenge opens tonight, and I’m looking forward to having the weekend off. That’s the funny thing about workflow, isn’t it? If I’m writing, probably the rest of the community...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 22, 2017 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Popular voting for the yeah write #306 weekly writing challenge is now open! Vote by 10pm ET on Thursday for your favorite nonfiction and fiction|poetry entries! Before you vote The feedback from the vote is great to have, but without your personal touch, we...
by YeahWrite Editor | Feb 21, 2017 | Fiction|Poetry, YeahWrite
scraping out your insides with a knife I’ve been tussling with a short story this week. The prompt for it came from a conversation with my in-laws on Christmas Day. Christmas dinner was at our place this year, two days after we moved into a new house. I’m a committed...